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Zack Snyder Explains Why The “We Live In A Society” Line In The ‘Justice League’ Trailer Isn’t In The Movie

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March 18, 2021 10:27 am
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Today is the day, "Zack Snyder's Justice League" is now out on HBO Max. But fans might be surprised to see that one of the most talked-about parts of the recent trailer won't appear in the 4-hour cut of the fi...
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March 14, 2021 4:31 pm
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The pandemic is full of surprises and that includes the delayed 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony. In what we believe is a first for the Grammy Awards, a song nominated for the Song Written for Visual Media category...
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Zack Snyder Reveals First Look At Jared Leto’s Joker & Suggests New ‘Justice League’ Teases Robin’s Death

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February 9, 2021 1:13 pm
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Warning, potential spoilers for "Zack Snyder's Justice League," so read ahead at your own peril. That said, the spoilers are not fairly minor and mostly about one scene in the movie READ MORE: The 100 Most ...
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Quentin Tarantino Praises The “Profound” Subversion In The ‘Joker’ In New 3-Hour Podcast Discussion With Edgar Wright

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February 4, 2021 3:00 pm
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As you’ve probably heard, English filmmaker Edgar Wright—in the hope of backing the entire film industry and film publications—has curated the new issue of Empire magazine. The idea is celebrating movies in ev...
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‘Joker’ Is The Best-Selling Home Release Of 2020 In The UK

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January 7, 2021 12:10 pm
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Love it or hate it (and people tend to fall into one of those two camps), “Joker” made a lot of money for Warner Bros. in 2019 and into 2020, grossing more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office, and acco...
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Paul Greengrass Says His ‘Watchmen’ Version Was About The “Delusions” of Superhero Identities & Likens It To ‘Joker’

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January 1, 2021 2:10 pm
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Given what has happened over the last year or so with the “Watchmen” franchise and its Emmy-winning success as an HBO miniseries, it’s interesting to look back at what might have happened decades earlier. Yes,...
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WB Exec Reportedly Cut Budget For ‘Joker’ To Discourage Todd Phillips From Making The Film

Charles Barfield
December 8, 2020 11:05 am
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More than a year ago, “Joker” arrived in theaters. The film would open with more than $96 million domestically, and by the end of its box office run, Todd Phillips’ R-rated superhero feature would bring in mor...
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‘Justice League’: Snyder Cut Will Only Have Four Minutes Of New Footage, And A New Look For Joker

Rafael Motamayor
November 14, 2020 2:39 pm
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Remember when Zack Snyder made a big fuss about his cut of "Justice League" was absolutely, 100% done, only to then raise over $30 million in re-shoots to actually finish the film? Well, it turns out the re-sh...
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David Fincher Slams ‘Joker’ & Says He’s Working On Cancel Culture Series

Rafael Motamayor
November 14, 2020 1:43 pm
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One of the best parts about awards season is getting to see big directors go through the endless press tour cycle until they run out of things to talk about from their movie, and simply start throwing hot take...

Justin Kurzel Says He Was Inspired By ‘Joker’ And Wants To Make An Auteur-Driven Big Studio Film

Rafael Motamayor
April 25, 2020 2:14 pm
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One of the many, many, many films that tricked us to believe they could beat the video game adaptations curse in Hollywood with a stellar creative team or casting was "Assassin's Creed." Before the film result...
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Jason Blum Says ‘The Hunt’ Is A Satire That Is “No Different” Than ‘Joker’ Or ‘The Purge’

Charles Barfield
February 11, 2020 12:54 pm
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One of the more interesting stories of the last year was the decision by Universal and Blumhouse to pull the controversial thriller, “The Hunt,” from the release schedule. The timing of the original release wa...
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Zazie Beetz Isn’t Sure ‘Joker’ Needs A Sequel: “There Is A Lot Of Strength In Not Milking Something”

Charles Barfield
February 10, 2020 2:12 pm
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Last year, we all went on the rollercoaster that was “Joker.” After Venice, the film was deemed a strong Oscar contender. Then the highly-publicized backlash and controversy surrounding the film’s violence. Bu...
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Laura Dern, Brad Pitt, Taika Waititi & Others Delight With Their Oscars Acceptance Speeches

Charles Barfield
February 10, 2020 12:47 pm
Awards, News
While the talk of the town seems to be the surprise dominance of “Parasite” at last night’s Oscars, there’s still plenty of other winners worth discussing. And how best to do that than to just present the vari...
Joaquin Phoenix Oscars 2020

Joaquin Phoenix Used His Oscar Speech To Discuss Cancel Culture, Animal Rights, Second Chances & More

Charles Barfield
February 10, 2020 10:56 am
Awards, News
If there was such a thing as a guarantee at last night’s Oscars, it would have been that Joaquin Phoenix would walk away with the Best Actor trophy for his work in “Joker.” As expected, that’s exactly what hap...
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Joaquin Phoenix Becomes Second Actor To Win An Oscar Playing The Joker [Oscars 2020]

Gregory Ellwood
February 9, 2020 11:07 pm
Awards, Awards Campaign, News
11 years after Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for playing the Joker in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight," Joaquin Phoenix became the second actor to win an Academy Award for playing the almost 80-year...
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